[opensuse] Video cards and 12.1
Having discovered the pleasures of 'nomodeset' with a 12.1 installation (currently paused), I'm wondering about other video card options in case this one gives me trouble. I'd like to avoid the proprietary vendor drivers if possible. Does anyone have experience with any of the following? Radeon 5450 GeForce 210 GeForce 8600GS Particularly in the case of the MOBO having an integrated video card and installing one of the above in PCI. In this case, what does the system do? Does it expose both and ask you to pick? Or does the PCI one "take over", hiding the integrated card from teh OS? Thanks in advance. Michael -- Michael Fischer michael@visv.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 11/03/12 21:52, Michael Fischer wrote:
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Particularly in the case of the MOBO having an integrated video card and installing one of the above in PCI. In this case, what does the system do? Does it expose both and ask you to pick? Or does the PCI one "take over", hiding the integrated card from teh OS?
Manually disable the onboard device in BIOS Robin K -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Hello, On Sun, 11 Mar 2012, Michael Fischer wrote:
Does anyone have experience with any of the following?
Radeon 5450 GeForce 210 GeForce 8600GS
I have a GeForce 8400GS and a GeForce G210. No problems. At times, a new driver will not work, in that case, you just have to stay at a "proven good" driver, e.g. I still use 270.41.06, current is 295.something (and IIRC some probs, 290.something works IIRC). All above are AFAIK supported by the free drivers, not sure about 3D for the GF 210 though. Also, AFAIK, with the free nv/nouveau/radeon drivers, you won't be able to read the temps from the card and also unable to tune frequencies and the fan speed. For that you'll need the nvidia resp. the fglrx driver.
Particularly in the case of the MOBO having an integrated video card and installing one of the above in PCI. In this case, what does the system do? Does it expose both and ask you to pick? Or does the PCI one "take over", hiding the integrated card from teh OS?
- you can (de)activate the onboard in the BIOS - you might be able to choose which one of those (onboard, PCIe, PCI) will be initialised first and thus become the primary card - you might be able to use both, though I don't know how onboard and offboard harmonize, esp. when those are from different manufacturers (i.e. how AMD/Intel onboard will harmonize with a nVidia/AMD offboard GPU) HTH, -dnh -- This is exactly how the World Wide Web works: the HTML files are the pithy descriptions on paper tape, and your Web browser is Ronald Reagan. -- Neal Stephenson, "In the Beginning was the Command Line" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Hello, On Sun, 11 Mar 2012, Michael Fischer wrote:
Does anyone have experience with any of the following?
Radeon 5450 GeForce 210 GeForce 8600GS
I have a GeForce 8400GS and a GeForce G210. No problems. At times, a new driver will not work, in that case, you just have to stay at a "proven good" driver, e.g. I still use 270.41.06, current is 295.something (and IIRC some probs, 290.something works IIRC). All above are AFAIK supported by the free drivers, not sure about 3D for the GF 210 though. Also, AFAIK, with the free nv/nouveau/radeon drivers, you won't be able to read the temps from the card and also unable to tune frequencies and the fan speed. For that you'll need the nvidia resp. the fglrx driver.
Particularly in the case of the MOBO having an integrated video card and installing one of the above in PCI. In this case, what does the system do? Does it expose both and ask you to pick? Or does the PCI one "take over", hiding the integrated card from teh OS?
- you can (de)activate the onboard in the BIOS - you might be able to choose which one of those (onboard, PCIe, PCI) will be initialised first and thus become the primary card - you might be able to use both, though I don't know how onboard and offboard harmonize, esp. when those are from different manufacturers (i.e. how AMD/Intel onboard will harmonize with a nVidia/AMD offboard GPU) HTH, -dnh -- This is exactly how the World Wide Web works: the HTML files are the pithy descriptions on paper tape, and your Web browser is Ronald Reagan. -- Neal Stephenson, "In the Beginning was the Command Line" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2012/03/11 04:52 (GMT-0400) Michael Fischer composed:
Having discovered the pleasures of 'nomodeset' with a 12.1 installation (currently paused), I'm wondering about other video card options in case this one gives me trouble.
I'd like to avoid the proprietary vendor drivers if possible.
Does anyone have experience with any of the following?
Radeon 5450 GeForce 210 GeForce 8600GS
My experience with NVidia is limited, but has been such that I'd never recommend it to anyone unprepared to use proprietary drivers. With Matrox, Intel and ATI I have much more experience, most of which has been far more tolerable than my experience with NVidia and Nouveau. I don't ever mess with games.
Particularly in the case of the MOBO having an integrated video card and installing one of the above in PCI. In this case, what does the system do? Does it expose both and ask you to pick? Or does the PCI one "take over", hiding the integrated card from teh OS?
Depends on BIOS whether straight out disabling is possible. Most default to making one installed in an expansion slot the primary, which may or may not be equivalent to "hiding" the integrated from the OS. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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